Uschi Otzenberger
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- Joined
- Apr 17, 2021
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- Location
- Montreal QC
- Vehicle Year
- 2009
- Make / Model
- B4000
- Transmission
- Automatic
Hello everyone! Looking for opinions....I’m driving a 2009 B4000. The frame is a bit rusty but in pretty good condition with no holes. The rear cross members however are in pretty bad shape rust-wise, lots of holes and basically rotted out. From a bit of research I understand this is expected to go first and I shouldn’t be overly surprised. What I haven’t fully understood yet though is how important are those cross member from a structural / safety perspective when the rest of the frame is ok. Do they just carry the load in the truck bed (if any) and can I consider it acceptable to drive for another year or two for as long as I don’t have any significant weight in the bed?